Krishna Poonia Wiki,Biography,Age,Date of Birth,Height,Husband,Bio Info| Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist: Krishna Poonia is a popular Indian Olympian. She made headlines when she came to the rescue of three girls who were being molested by a group of men in Rajgarh of Rajasthan’s Churu district. She led an Indian clean sweep in the women’s discus final on 11 October 2010, winning the Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medal with a throw of 61.51 metres. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2011. Get here complete information about Krishna Poonia wiki, biography, age, date of birth, height, husband, bio and many more details.

Krishna Poonia Wiki and Biography: Krishna Poonia was born on May 5, 1982 (age 34) in Agroha, Haryana, India. She studied sociology in Kanodia Girls College in Jaipur. Krishna Poonia had won gold medal in the 46th Open National athletics championships to nose ahead of favourites Seema Antil and Harwant Kaur while registering a career-best 60.10 metres distance. She contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but failed to reach the finals, after finishing 10th in the qualifiers with a throw of 58.23. On 8 May 2012, she bettered her personal best with a throw of 64.76 meters in Hawaii, US, which is the new national record.

Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist: Krishna Poonia is the first Indian woman athlete to win the Gold Medal in Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi. Poonia led the historic clean sweep of the discus event by clearing 61.5 meters. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in track and field events of Commonwealth games and the first Indian to win a gold medal in such events after Milkha Singh.

Husband: Krishna married Virender Singh Poonia of Gagarwas village in Churu district in Rajasthan in 2000. The couple work for Indian Railways and live in Jaipur.